Welcome Home to Wildkind Outdoors
Your leadership is welcome here as collectively it is time to live with ALIVENESS
Wildkind Outdoors offers nature-based educational courses, rewilding retreats, leadership development and self-reliance training.
From essential outdoor skills like wilderness survival training to nature immersion retreats that restore profound holistic health and resilience, Founder Jess Caldwell curates transformational courses and adventures for youth, teens and adults of all ages.
The Way of the Wildkind is to energize a growing community of heart-centered humans who value ALIVENESS and holistic survival. Nature is our greatest ally as we cultivate a profound reverence for life, a sensitivity towards our symbiotic relationshp with all living things and compassionate leadership for a thriving future.
In 2025, Wildkind Outdoors will be launching a powerful membership platform, a year-long mentorship cohort for women as well as online courses for self-study.
Jess Caldwell is the founder of Wildkind Outdoors—A nature based skills educator, certified Wilderness First Responder and dedicated ALIVENESS practitioner. She believes that personal rewilding is a journey, a vital compass for navigating these uncertain times of global change. Through seasonal alignment, immersive nature training, and sensory awareness practices.


Subscribe below to join a growing community of nature lovers, life learners, outdoor explorers and health optimizers who value connection, direct living skills, food sovereignty and self-reliance as the new self-care.















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Founder and Total Wildkind
Jess has always taken the “Road Less Traveled”. She has experienced the transformative power of getting hands-on and dirty with the elements and embraces the cultivation of joyful and adventurous living. With a multi-disciplinary approach to optimal health, Jess welcomes you on this unique path of self discovery.
As a nature lover, Wildernes Survival Instructor and ALIVENESS Coach, Jess founded Wildkindkind Outdoors with the desire to learn, share and grow in community with others who feel drawn to expand and challenge themselves into a more integrated partnership with the natural world.